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Britain's Prince Harry arrives in the gardens of Buckingham Palace in London, Jan. 16, 2020. Prince
Harry has filed a claim for a judicial review against the British government’s decision not to let him
personally pay for police protection while in the U.K. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Prince Harry files court claim over UK

police protection

By Sylvia Hui Harry and his wife Meghan Lilibet has yet to meet
(AP) — Prince Harry has lost publicly funded police her great-grandmother,
filed a claim for a judicial protection in the U.K. when Queen Elizabeth II, and
review against the British they stepped down as se- other members of the royal
government’s decision not nior working royals and family. The statement said
to let him personally pay for moved to North America in Harry first offered to per-
police protection while in 2020. The couple said their sonally pay for U.K. police
the U.K. decision was due to what protection for himself and
The Duke of Sussex’s legal they described as unbear- his family in January 2020,
representative said Sat- able intrusions and racist during talks with the queen
urday that Harry wants to attitudes of the British me- over the Sussexes’ future.
bring his children Archie dia. The offer was “dismissed,”
and Lilibet to visit his home The couple first went to the statement said.
country from the U.S. but Canada before settling in “The goal for Prince Harry
that is too risky without po- the United States. They stat- has been simple – to en-
lice protection. ed that they privately fund- sure the safety of himself
The representative said ed security for their move and his family while in
Harry wanted to fund the to the U.S. after then Presi- the UK so his children can
police protection himself. dent Donald Trump said his know his home country,” it
His private security team in government wouldn’t pay said. “The UK will always be
the U.S. doesn’t have ad- for their protection. Prince Harry’s home and a
equate jurisdiction abroad The statement said Harry’s country he wants his wife
or access to U.K. intelli- security was “compro- and children to be safe in.”
gence information, they mised due to the absence Britain’s government said
said. of police protection” dur- its security system is “rigor-
“The Duke and Duchess ing a short visit to the U.K. ous and proportionate”
of Sussex personally fund in July, when his car was and declined to com-
a private security team for chased by photographers ment on details. It also
their family, yet that secu- as he left a charity event. said it was inappropriate
rity cannot replicate the Harry and Meghan’s to comment on any legal
necessary police protec- 7-month-old daughter proceedings.q
tion needed whilst in the
U.K.,” a statement said.
“In the absence of such
protection, Prince Harry
and his family are unable
to return to his home.”
The claim to a judicial re-
view was filed in Septem-
ber to challenge the British
government’s decision-
making behind the security
procedures.